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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 17 December 2007 21:07:17 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for disinfecting PE executables.
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W32/Etap is a highly complicated cross-platform metamorphic virus which infects
both Windows PE executables and Linux/UNIX ELF format executables.
both Windows PE executables and Linux/UNIX ELF format executables.
The virus infects files in all folders and sub-folders on all visible network
drives, with the exception of folders more than 3 levels above the current
folder and folders beginning with the letter 'W' (thus avoiding the Windows
folder).
The virus infects 50% of executables that it finds and does not infect files
with names containing the letter 'V', or beginning with 'PA', 'F-', 'SC', 'DR'
or 'NO'.
When run on the 17th May, or during the months of June, September and December,
the virus may display a message box with the text 'Metaphor 1B By the Mental
Driller/29A'. When run on the 14th May and on Hebrew systems,
the virus displays a message box with the text 'Free Palestine!'.
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